On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 04:56:19AM +0800, Andy Sy wrote: > Michael Chaney wrote: > > > Without knowing the specifics, I'm guessing > > that they wanted to kill off the InstallShield people (perhaps they > > refused a buyout) and Microsoft realized that a FLOSS project > > replicating their functionality was the best way to injure/kill them. > > AS> It would really depend on how good this WiX is though... after all > AS> there are several pretty cool free / open source windows installer > AS> projects out there and they don't seem to have hurt InstallShield much. > > >Yeah, and exactly how many of those ship with Visual Studio? See the > >difference? > > So Microsoft switches a vital developer tool from a 3rd party > provider to one they own, and furthermore, releases it under > an open source license so that end-users can customize it to > their heart's content... and you're weeping for Installshield...?
I'm not weeping for InstallShield. I couldn't care less; I haven't programmed for Windows since 1996 or so. The point is that I believe that Microsoft is trying to kill off InstallShield. I don't care if they do or not, just an observation. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
